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Clinic at Manual Arts Senior High School to provide health care to students, residents

José Martinez

The Mark Ridley-Thomas Wellness Center at Manual Arts High School will provide primary, mental and dental care to students of the school as well as thousands of residents from the surrounding community. Mae Ryan/KPCC

"It gives you the opportunity to intervene at the earliest possible moment in a family's health trajectory," he said in a recent interview. "You're creating a culture of health and you've got a captive audience with which to do that."

St. John's will operate Mark Ridley-Thomas Wellness Center, which is expected to officially open its doors for business on June 21. While St. John's has provided care to Manual Arts students for four years, the move to a new facility will allow the center to also treat members of the surrounding community. Among the services that'll be offered:

Although the clinic will provide dental services – including exams, fillings and extractions – those will be rolled out at some point after the June 21 opening date.

One health provider, alternately a physician or physician assistant, is expected to staff the clinic, and it will be open three days a week: Mondays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.